The Federal Government and Qantas are considering changes to cockpit security following the apparently deliberate crashing of a Germanwings flight into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

Indonesia's high court denies a judicial review for a woman who is due to be executed alongside Bali Nine pair, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, despite her not having a proper translator when she was sentenced to death.

The vast majority of Australians support changing the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, while a significant number also support full "assimilation" into broader Australia, according to a new poll.

Suggestions that Andrew Forrest was speaking off the record looks like a rearguard action cobbled together following the response to his controversial comments about iron ore production, Stephen McDonell writes.

The case of Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, who is facing a possible death sentence for drug trafficking in Malaysia, is postponed again after a chemical analysis the suspected drugs fails to be submitted to the court.